Inquiry Mindset

Harness the power of curiosity to foster students’ love for learning.

From their youngest years, our children are innately curious. They explore the world around them through play, imagination, and discovery. They build meaning, they create understanding, and they unabashedly share their learning. It’s in this process that they find joy in life and relevance in the world around them.

A companion resource to help maximize your reading of Inquiry Mindset. This resource will help you make the most of what we propose. It will support you in planning, taking action, reflecting and growing.

Why do some of our students become disconnected from their learning in school? Where does this natural curiosity go? And how, as educators, can we ensure all of our students experience a meaningful and wonder-filled journey through their education?

Inquiry Mindset leaves behind the do whatever you want approach to inquiry and offers a concrete roadmap you can follow to success.

— Matt Miller, author of Ditch That Textbook

It’s these questions that Trevor MacKenzie, author of the critically acclaimed book Dive into Inquiry, answers in Inquiry Mindset. Co-written with kindergarten teacher Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt, Inquiry Mindset offers a highly accessible journey through inquiry in the younger years. You’ll learn . . .

How to empower your learners, increase engagement, and accelerate achievement.

How to harness the wonderings and curiosities of your students and leverage them into powerful learning opportunities.

How to cultivate an inquiry mindset both as a teacher and in your students!

How to adopt an inquiry approach that results in the most authentic and inspiring learning you’ve ever experienced!

Student engagement shines through in every chapter as [they] provide a plethora of familiar as well as innovative tools and methods that can help foster inquiry in any classroom.